Liverpool ended the hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League football

     Liverpool ended the hopes of qualifying for the Champions League football on Sunday after a 1-1 draw against Chelsea crowned champions in the Premier League, which is summed up years of disappointing results for the team.

And the decline of Liverpool after five minutes of the meeting, which was held at Stamford Bridge after John Terry was deposited head the ball in the box before the guests that the equivalent of Steven Gerrard cuff for Liverpool when he scored with his head as well before the end of the first half.

Wesal Liverpool and toured under the leadership of coach Brendan Rodgers in search of the winning goal to cut the gap with Manchester United and fourth-placed, who beat Crystal Palace 2-1 on Saturday, but the game ended in a draw at the end.

And two rounds before the end of Liverpool has 62 points from 36 games and six points behind United, led by Louis van Gaal, who also outperform large margin of goals.

Rodgers told Sky Sports: "I think that our beginning was bad, we received a bad goal from our point of view."

He added: "redefined ourselves to the distinctive atmosphere of the game thanks to a header from Stefan and I think we have our backs well, we lack of excellence in the last third of the pitch."

He continued: "This happened a lot this season, we start games badly and we are exposed to punishment because of this."

Liverpool scored 101 goals in the league last season, where Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez scored 52 goals between them to help the team to finish the season in the runner-up behind champions Manchester City at the time.

However Rodgers did not find a suitable alternative for Suarez, following his move to Barcelona while Sturridge missed long periods of the season because of repeated injuries.

The attackers Mario Balotelli and Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini below the level with Liverpool failed to build on the successes of last season.

He will join Commander Gerrard to the Los Angeles Galaxy at the end of the season and said the former England captain, aged 34 years that the club should be strengthened by new players.

He said Gerrard told Sky Sports: "We showed that we were suffering a little bit, I think it's important that the players get some rest as the angel must make every effort to help Brendan get out of the current situation


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